Having had a chance to thoroughly digest the most wretched anime titles of the spring 2012 season, anime fans have disgustedly regurgitated them in the form of a ranking, handily indicating which to avoid…

average layout for the story of a episode of Sakamichi no Apollon = "intro > melodrama > melodrama > melodrama > melodrama." why would anyone want to watch that? (by the way, Lupin the Third was the best).

Anybody who says that Eureka7 Ao belongs on this list need to stfu and watch this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=CAPv9bUVcdU [http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=CAPv9bUVcdU]

It sometimes happens, that leon releases two rankings, best and worst XYZ. Where its not uncommon that the last one of the worst, happens to be number one in the best. So you might better consider it as a normal ranking at all.

Really? REALLY? O.o I watched AO for 6 episodes and just couldn't stand it any more. It was super confusing, what was going on if it was indeed a sequel? Where was Eureka, Renton and the rest of the awesome cast from the original?

The music was really generic when all the music in the original was amazing. And then the characters just got on my nerves a bit and seemed mostly boring. There was too many kids and not enough 20-30 something hipsters and why was Nirvash a different colour. I guess people wanted to see more familiarity but it felt like a totally different anime.

I agree on a lot of these points. AO does a lot of things well, and shouldn't be near the top of this list, but it doesn't live up to the original.

Eureka Seven felt fresh and original throughout most of the series, while AO tends to rely too heavily on anime clichés. It feels like an Evangelion clone much of the time, only without an emo protagonist, tragic occurrences, or much emotion at all. The aerial battles don't compare to those in the original, and feel like much less effort went into them. The same goes for the character designs, writing and music.

Overall, it feels like its geared toward a younger, less discerning crowd. I got the impression that most of the people working on it either weren't involved with production of the original, or weren't all that enthusiastic about doing a sequel. I'm still watching it though, as it can be great at times, but I'm having doubts that it will eventually meet the standards set by the original.

lol idiot that downvote this comment simply don't get it? If the ranking here is from top to bottom is worst to least bad, it means reading the list from bottom up equal to the ranking of the most popular anime.